Globicephala macrorhynchus

J. E. Gray, 1847

Short-finned Pilot Whale

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Whippomorpha
Infraorder : Cetacea
Parvorder : Odontoceti
Superfamily : Delphinoidea
Family : Delphinidae
Subfamily : Globicephalinae
Genus : Globicephala

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1847-01-29. On the cetaceous animals. Pp. 13–53 in Richardson, J. and Gray, J.E. 1844-1875. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. I. Mammalia, Birds. E. W. Janson, London, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957464

Original name as described

Globiocephalus macrorhynchus

Other common names

Pacific Pilot Whale · Southern Blackfish · Southern Pothead Whale

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1846.8.9.2 (= RCS 3000)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a653f69d-fd18-4893-92d4-ffa62765e6be

Type locality

"South Seas."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

American Samoa · Angola · Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Aruba · Australia · Bahamas · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Benin · Bermuda · Bonaire · Sint Eustatius · Saba · Brazil · Brunei · Cape Verde · Cambodia · Cameroon · Canada · Cayman Islands · Chile · Cocos Islands · Colombia · Comoros · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Cuba · Curaçao · Cote d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Fiji · French Guiana · French Polynesia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Grenada · Guadeloupe · Guam · Guatemala · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Haiti · Honduras · India · Indonesia · Iran · Jamaica · Japan · Kenya · Kiribati · North Korea · South Korea · Liberia · Madagascar · Malaysia · Maldives · Marshall Islands · Martinique · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mayotte · Mexico · Micronesia · Morocco · Mozambique · Myanmar · Namibia · Nauru · New Caledonia · New Zealand · Nicaragua · Nigeria · Niue · Northern Marianas · Oman · Pakistan · Palau · Panama · Papua New Guinea · Peru · Christmas Island · Philippines · Pitcairn · Portugal · Puerto Rico · Russia · Réunion · Saint Helena · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Sint Maarten · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · São Tomé and Príncipe · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Singapore · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Africa · Spain · Sri Lanka · Suriname · Taiwan · China · Tanzania · Thailand · East Timor · Togo · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos Islands · Tuvalu · United States · Vanuatu · Venezuela · Vietnam · British Virgin Islands · United States Virgin Islands · Wallis and Futuna · Yemen · Montserrat? · Norfolk Island? · Tokelau? · Uruguay?

Subregion distribution

USA(HI,FL,CA?,GA?,SC?,NC?,MA?,AK?)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006413

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Globiocephalus macrorhynchus

J. E. Gray, 1847

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

macrorhynchus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.8.9.2 (= RCS 3000)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a653f69d-fd18-4893-92d4-ffa62765e6be

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957464

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Gray (1873:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67205)

Globiocephalus propinquus

Malm, 1871

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

propinqua

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

GNMS (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33821010

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Globiocephalus sibo

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

sibo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15945518

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Globiocephalus guadaloupensis

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

guadaloupensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN A 3215

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15945517

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Globiocephalus Sieboldii

J. E. Gray, 1847

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

sieboldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.21648

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21648

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957463

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Globiocephalus scammonii

Cope, 1869

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

scammonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A9074 (= USNM:MAMM:238167)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3676e57d4-8ba4-48fa-8538-f93cda07ec61

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587926

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Globicephala baereckeii

Sellards, 1916

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

baereckeii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:V:21867

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c978b268-f321-41f2-93f8-d05a05d5c387

Authority page

107

Authority publication

Annual Report of the Florida State Geological Survey

Globiocephalus brachypterus

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

brachypterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

589

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306383

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:589, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Globiocephalus Scammoni

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

scammoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

589

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306383

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:589, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Globicephalus scammonii

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

scammonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

346

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806281

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Globicephala macrorhynchus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

macrorhynchus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

111

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9249/50355227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Globicephalus indicus

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

indicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534770

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Delphinus globiceps

(Schlegel, 1841)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

globiceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012286

Authority publication

Leiden

Delphinus globiceps

(Temminck, 1844)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

globiceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607698

Authority publication

Leiden

Delphinus fuscus

(H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1846)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

fusca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

77

Authority publication

Dresden

Globicephala indica

E. Blyth, 1852

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

indica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

358

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Globiocephalus australis

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15945518

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Globicephalus brachypterus

Cope, 1876

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

brachyptera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

129; Figs. 1–3

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Globiceps macrorhyncha

(Flower, 1884)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

macrorhyncha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

509

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Globicephalus scammoni

F. W. True, 1889

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

scammoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7361859

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Globicephalus ventricosus

Iredale & Troughton, 1933

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

ventricosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

35

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Globicephala macrorhyncha

F. C. Fraser, 1950

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

macrorhyncha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

49

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Davies (1963:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42155)

Globicephala brachycephala

Cadenat, 1957

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

brachycephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1357

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Institut Français de l'Afrique Noire

Globicephala scamonii

Nishiwaki, 1957

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

scamonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

152

Authority publication

Tokyo

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